The International (English-speaking) Roman Catholic Community of Utrecht

Month: August 2017

Psalm 23 has been popular for thousands of years. The psalm is very visual and reminds us that life has its uncertainties, fears, pain and sorrow. There are times in which our resources, our wisdom and our strength simply fall short. During such periods, we do not have to despair but we may continue in the firm assurance that we are not alone. There is One Who is with us, who knows us, cares for us and leads us. There is a way through all the difficulties past the low point.

Psalm 23 helps us to stand still, to take a deep breath and remind ourselves of the bigger picture, so that we can view our situation with certainty, courage, confidence and hope.

On Sunday the 3rd of September, we will celebrate the St. Augustine day!

As we do usually on other years, we will celebrate this day together with the Dutch community. Therefore the mass will take place at 10:30. There will be no mass celebration at 12:30.

On this day we will have the presence of the Cantemus Domino choir, of the Dutch community, which will sing together with the choir of the English Mass.

We also ask for your help! For this feast we would like to invite everyone to please bring some snack, cookies or cake from your home country to share with the others. This way we get to taste a bit of all the exotic variety of snacks from the members of our community!

A couple of months ago we announced about the synod about the youth that the Pope is preparing.

In the fall of 2018 the bishops of the Roman catholic church in Rome come together to speak about the youth. As preparation for this meeting, the Pope Francis sent a list of questions to the bishops. These documents were sent in a previous email and can be found here: